Daily Archives: February 8, 2013

My school has a daily time for guided reading groups where all students, school wide, go to different teachers for leveled and skill focused instruction based on their needs. Every teacher, from classroom to support to specialists, has a group so class sizes can be small and impact can be maximum. I have some reluctant

Watch Tyler DeWitt on TED talk about making high school science fun. http://on.ted.com/TylerDewitt A couple of great ideas for the high school science classroom: 1. Remember that biology is all about reproduction (sex), relationships, drugs, and food. These are things that are interesting to middle and high school students, and if associated with biology, are

I have to admit, I love it when people challenge me in professional development sessions on why they should use technology. A few weeks ago, a woman raised her hand and I headed back to help her. I could see the “please help/save me” on the face of her friend sitting next to her. When

This week, find out where you can meet up with the DEN on tour for DENapalooza 2013, apply to attend the DEN Summer Institute, and share your expertise as a DEN Guru. Check out the DEN’s new podcast, a great hangout with the Google doodle team, and a virtual field trip to the Discovery Channel

Did you know that Reading Rainbow, which debuted in 1983, continued to run new episodes for over 20 years? Reading Rainbow ran from 1983 until 2006, and was hosted by LeVar Burton for its entire run. Burton was also one of the program’s creators, as well as executive producer. Burton, who would become a household

Hangout on Air: A Conversation on Arts in Education with the Google Doodlers & Discovery Education Wed, February 13, 7:00 PM Event Information and Location Join members of the Google doodle team, author and illustrator of the Amulet series (and Doodle 4 Google judge) Kazu Kibuishi as well as Discovery Education’s Steve Dembo and members

Do your students doodle? Well, it’s time to harness those doodling powers! Encourage your students to exercise their creativity and enter the Doodle 4 Google contest. Doodle 4 Google is a nationwide competition open to all K-12 students. The contest challenges students to design an original doodle around a given theme. The winning doodle

I’ve mentioned DEN STAR Jared Heidinger before but want to reiterate and share his simple idea of connecting his students with people all over the world and at the same time deal with the rather mundane but necessary task of having his students learn vocabulary for their provincial exams. Jared explains his idea of the

A logophile is a lover of words (http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/logophile). That is definitely me and it is not coincidence that I love to read also. Vocabulary and reading certainly go together and help strengthen each other. So what are some ways to strengthen vocabulary? Here are a few ideas: Discovery Streaming includes vocabulary development as

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Many of you may have realized, to your chagrin, that the Xtranormal site has been shut down as of July 31st. I searched for alternatives and found Digital Films . I have only been playing around with it for a few hours, but have not noticed a feature that allows characters to speak typed text

“I have to present Discovery Education to my staff. What should I share?” I’ve seen the conversation arise on Facebook, Twitter, Edmodo, and Google+, so in light of everyone heading back to school, I thought I would share my favorite ten things to showcase in Discovery Education. Some may even be new to you!

One of my least favorite trends in education is hatin’ on PowerPoint. Visual presentation in and of itself isn’t the problem! A quick glance of Google search results for “PowerPoint meme” sums up the anti-PowerPoint narrative sweeping the web: PowerPoints can be dreadfully boring, and relying solely on teacher-centered instruction is problematic. That being